AMD is serious about putting two 6.2 billion-transistor "Hawaii" GPUs onto a single board, in a future dual-GPU graphics card it reportedly codenamed "Vesuvius," after the famous volcanic peak just off the coast of Naples. The card will feature two "Hawaii" GPUs with core configurations that are unknown at this point, but the source suggests it's in the maxed out "XT" configuration. AMD could, of course tinker with clock speeds, compared to the GHz-range Radeon R9 290X. We can't even imagine how AMD will handle power and thermals, given how its handling of the two on the R9 290X has been less than exemplary.

NICE :) energy consumption will certainly be high but we must be aware that this is a large processor and will not mind me adding 3x8 power connectors .As for cooling will require at least as good cooler as on the 7990 model. I would strongly recommend liquid cooling as it would not dropped the operating frequency as the current R9 290X. do ! My ENERMAX 1500 Platimax should be no problem feed into the two cards and if the price suited'll probably buy two. 18 micrometer technology coming in 2014 in the best case, Q3, if there will be no complications. Litle long to weit.

by: AsRockCool, although there seems to be a lot of un needed negative people around this thread which are not thinking before typing.

Agreed, seems everyone is trying to be cute. Truth is, r9 290x when paired with a half ass cooler is rather cool and quiet -as Tom's has proven. AMD just pushed them out with crap coolers. This card will be a beast. 3 GB ram/ GPU was perfect for the 7990, and with 4GB, this card will handle any game out there at 4k.

by: The Quim ReaperWhy do they waste everyones time with this sort of crap...

FFS, give us some genuinely new GPU's, not re branded, refreshed 3yr old tech packaged in shiny new boxes with stupid names.

oh ok, amd & nv can just fire up their fab & jump to 20nm all by themselves? as if the people slapping on existing gpus & making a cooler have ANY relation to new arcitechtrue engineers that take 4 years to make a single gpu

what does amd even owe you? just to speed up some games for your entertainment?

by: The Quim ReaperWhy do they waste everyones time with this sort of crap...

FFS, give us some genuinely new GPU's, not re branded, refreshed 3yr old tech packaged in shiny new boxes with stupid names.

So a chip 28% smaller than the Titan and much less in price that performs as well as it isn't an improvement?

If I had a engine that made 28% more horsepower with the same relative fuel consumption as my competitor and cost less to build............ then again if you haven't figured this out by now perhaps you can't understand it. Its beyond your given talents.